THE son of High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze, who
was arrested along with his two accomplices on accusations of murdering a
cellphone dealer in Harare last week, claimed detectives poured hot tea on his
privates in a bid to compel him to admit the offence.
Munyaradzi Mawadze (20), through his lawyer Paidamoyo
Saurombe, claimed that he was heavily assaulted by the detectives when they
arrested him in Masvingo.
Mawadze is being jointly charged with Elvin Dongo Saungweme
(22) and Dellon David Balani (22) on murder charges.
They are standing accused of killing Million Ncube by
slitting his throat with a knife after robbing him of three iphone Promax 11
cellphones.
Saungweme and Balani, who are being represented by lawyers
Justin Zuze and Bruce Marova, made the same claims.
They appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vongai
Guriro, who remanded them in custody to April 14 and advised them to approach
the High Court for bail application.
“He was assaulted and tortured by the police as they
compelled him to make confessions,” said Mr Saurombe.
“The complaints were also made to the Police Commissioner
General and to the High Court where we said the assault of suspects by the
police should come to an end.”
Mr Saurombe told the court that Mawadze’s beatings
continued after being taken from Masvingo to Harare, violating his human rights
in the process. Herald
0 comments:
Post a Comment